
Colonoscopy
Wiley-Blackwell (Publisher)
Published on 23. October 2003
Book
Hardback
672 pages
978-1-4051-1449-3 (ISBN)
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Description
Endoscopy is a medical specialism that is actively recruiting new entrants. There is considerable demand for colonoscopists in the USA and the UK to meet the respective guidelines for colorectal cancer screening in the general population. In the USA, it is recommended that men and women aged 50 years and older get screened for colorectal cancer as many studies have shown that screening reduces mortality from cancer. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of death in the US: the American Cancer Society estimates that 148,300 new cases will be diagnosed in 2002.Colonoscopy is now a mainstream procedure and is widely used as a screening and treatment tool for colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease. As a result, the focus is now changing from developing new techniques to enhancing the efficiency and quality of fundamental techniques. There are three elements to this agenda: initial training, continuous quality improvement and patient empowerment. The table of contents has been created with these three elements at the fore.
It is an extremely comprehensive textbook aimed primarily at the experienced colonoscopist but the book will be an extremely useful manual of procedures - clinical, administrative and managerial - for everyone working in the Endoscopy Unit. Blackwell Publishing is delighted to announce that this book has won ?First Prize in Gastroenterology? in the 2004 BMA Medical Book Competition. Here is the judges? summary of this book: "This is an excellent book. It is very comprehensive and deals not just with all aspects of the procedure of colonoscopy but also covers in some detail its place in the broader management of a range of colorectal conditions. It deals with complex areas concisely and I have found it a good reference point for a number of questions since I have been reviewing it. It is a very attractive book and is well-laid out with very high quality and well chosen illustrations in colour throughout. I have not seen a textbook on colonoscopy that comes anywhere near the quality of this book. I think that anyone who is involved in colonoscopy and, obviously colonoscopists in particular, should have access to this book.
It is the sort of text that I would make compulsory reading if I were running a colonoscopy training course."
It is an extremely comprehensive textbook aimed primarily at the experienced colonoscopist but the book will be an extremely useful manual of procedures - clinical, administrative and managerial - for everyone working in the Endoscopy Unit. Blackwell Publishing is delighted to announce that this book has won ?First Prize in Gastroenterology? in the 2004 BMA Medical Book Competition. Here is the judges? summary of this book: "This is an excellent book. It is very comprehensive and deals not just with all aspects of the procedure of colonoscopy but also covers in some detail its place in the broader management of a range of colorectal conditions. It deals with complex areas concisely and I have found it a good reference point for a number of questions since I have been reviewing it. It is a very attractive book and is well-laid out with very high quality and well chosen illustrations in colour throughout. I have not seen a textbook on colonoscopy that comes anywhere near the quality of this book. I think that anyone who is involved in colonoscopy and, obviously colonoscopists in particular, should have access to this book.
It is the sort of text that I would make compulsory reading if I were running a colonoscopy training course."
Reviews / Votes
"This is a masterpiece of its kind. The authors should be complimented for their successful effort to provide such an important and fascinating book." "This book undoubtedly represents the 'state-of-the-art' in colonoscopy [...] The language is as clear as only great experts can use, the iconography (all in colour) is superb, the bibliography up to date and precise. The editorial presentation is excellent and warrants the price. Very rarely has the reviewer examined a monograph devoted not to a disease but to a single technique which has impressed him so much for its clarity, completeness, attractiveness and - if it is allowed - its fascination." Digestive and Liver Disease 37 (2005) 544-545More details
Edition
Revised and Revised and Side the Document Itself. and " and
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Primary: Endoscopists
Secondary: Gastroenterologists, Endoscopy nurses
Illustrations
461
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 219 mm
Weight
2292 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-1449-3 (9781405114493)
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Persons
Waye, Williams and Rex are THE leading names in colonoscopy. Jerry Waye is the Editor of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopys journal Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Doug Rex is currently the Vice-President of the American College of Gastroenterology and will be President from October 2003
St Marks Hospital, Indiana University School of Medicine, Professor of MedicineDivision of GastroenterologyGeorgetown UniversityWashington, DC, Associate Professor of MedicineUniversity of TorontoDivision of GastroenterologyWellesley Central SiteToronto, Ont
St Marks Hospital, Indiana University School of Medicine, Professor of MedicineDivision of GastroenterologyGeorgetown UniversityWashington, DC, Associate Professor of MedicineUniversity of TorontoDivision of GastroenterologyWellesley Central SiteToronto, Ont
Content
1. General Aspects of Colonoscopy * History of Colonoscopy in the Rectum and Colon * The Colonoscopy Suite * The Colonoscopy Assistant * Informed Consent for Colonoscopy .2. Teaching and Quality Aspects * Training in Colonoscopy * Teaching Aids in Colonoscopy * Teaching Colonoscopy * Role of Simulators in Endoscopy * Continuous Quality Improvement in Colonoscopy .3. Indications, Contraindications, Screening, and Complications * Indications and Contraindications * Diagnostic Yield of Colonoscopy by Indication * Screening Colonoscopy: Rationale and Performance * Cost-effectiveness of Colonoscopy Screening * Hereditary Colorectal Cancer * Complications .4. Reports and Imaging * Standardization of the Endoscopic Report * Reporting and Image Management .5. Preparation for Colonoscopy * Preparation for Colonoscopy * Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Colonoscopy * Management of Anticoagulation and Antiplatelet Agents * Sedation for Colonoscopy .6. Hardware * The Video Colonoscope * The Colonoscope Insertion Tube * Magnetic Imaging of Colonoscopy * Accessories * Clips, Loops, and Bands: Applications in the Colon * Colonoscopic Biopsy * Cleaning and Disinfection .7. Basic Procedure * Insertion Technique * Missed Neoplasms and Optimal Colonoscopic Withdrawal Technique .8. Colon Polyps: Incidence, Growth and Pathology * Polyp Biology * Colon Polyps, Prevalence rates, Incidence Rates, and Growth Rates * Pathology of Colorectal Polyps .9. Polypectomy * Principles of Electrosurgery, Laser, and Argon Plasma Coagulation with Particular Regard to Colonoscopy * Polypectomy - Basic Principles * Difficult Polypectomy * Retrieval of Colonic Polyps .10. Malignant Polyp, Surveillance Post-Polypectomy, Post-Cancer Resection * Management of the Malignant Polyps * Postpolypectomy Surveillance * Colonoscopy after Colon Cancer Resection .11. Neoplastic Detection and Staging: New Techniques * Magnifying Colonoscopy, Early Colorectal Cancer, and Flat Adenomas * Flat and Depressed Colorectal Adenomas in the Western Hemisphere * Chromoendoscopy * Optical Techniques for the Endoscopic Detection of Early Dysplastic Colonic Lesions * Endoscopic Ultrasonography of the Colon * Virtual Colonoscopy in the Evaluation of Colonic Diseases .12. Clinical use of Colonoscopy * Colonoscopy and Severe Hematochezia * Endoscopy in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases * Infections and Other Noninflammatory-Bowel-Disease Colitides * Acute Colonic Pseudo-obstruction * Radiation Proctopathy * Benign and Malignant Colorectal Strictures * Pediatric Colonoscopy ...13. Future of Colonoscopy * The Future of Colonoscopy